New
York Softball Cricket LeagueHustlers Steal The Finals From Cavaliers

By James PersaudJune 25th, 2009
On a day when almost every thing seems to be going south, Kris Shobai
held his cool and bat to almost the end in making sure his team brings
home the championship in the 25 over competition. The game got a late
start and had to be reduced to a 20 over affair.

Cavaliers bat
first and could only manage to reach 95 in their allotted overs.

Chris Shobai with a championship trophy.

In reply the
Hustlers batting suffer an early set back as they loss the wicket
of their in form batsman Pooran Beria who scored an unbeaten 102
in the semi finals. The Cavaliers bowlers kept the game close as
they bowled a good line and length on the wet surface. The game
could have been much closer had it not being for some poor fielding
and a few drop catch by the fielders.

After Cavaliers
grabbed a few early wickets and things was looking a little rough
for Hustlers. Their skipper Kris Shobai who finds himself in this
position before was still at the crease and the responsibility was
left on his shoulder for Hustlers. Kris batted with class and common
sense playing yet another responsible inning; he was well supported
by Ravi Mohan who was awarded the man of the match. Hustlers reached
the required target with one over to spare.

Essequibo
XI defeat Volcano
The new team to the league Essequibo XI won their first championship
in the division IIA, defeating Volcano in Brooklyn. Volcano batting
first scored 132 all out, Besham top scoring with 32 runs.

With Essequibo
XI batsmen at the crease and thirteen overs finish the game was
well placed in the balance and could have gone to either team. Volcano
needed a few early wickets when play resumes, but with the rain
coming Carlos Johnson had a game plan of his own. Johnson struck
the ball to all part of the field and make sure that the game was
finish well before any rain could spoil his victory parade. Johnson
finishes with a top score of 59 runs and was given the man of the
match award.

Champions
Kept the Championship
The Champions cricket team playing in their second season in the
league won there first championship. Champions managed by Mr. Mohan
Lall played an exciting final to defeat the undefeated Young Brothers.
Young Brothers who won two championships last season came into this
game as the favorite. But the 150 Rockaway pitch was favoring the
bowlers as the score will tell,

Champions scored
140 and in reply Young Brothers who had depend on their batting
in most of the game just came up short this time.

In this game
Vishnudat from Champions was award the man of the match for his
fine all round performance with the bat and ball, he top scored
with 32 runs and took 1 wicket for 12 runs in four overs.

In the game
between Master Blaster and Titans in the division IB finals no decision
was made because the game was stopped by rain.